Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics, and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time ; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography ; on the Basis of the Seventh Edition of the German Conversations-Lexicon, Volum 12Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth Desilver, Thomas, & Company, 1836 |
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Pàgina 12
... plant exhale a strong and nauseous odor . It is one of the most dangerous of narcotic poisons ; and when taken internally , produces ver- tigo , torpor , and death . Goats , however , eat it with impunity . In small doses , it has been ...
... plant exhale a strong and nauseous odor . It is one of the most dangerous of narcotic poisons ; and when taken internally , produces ver- tigo , torpor , and death . Goats , however , eat it with impunity . In small doses , it has been ...
Pàgina 14
... plant belongs to the natural family rosaceæ , to- gether with the rose and raspberry . The root gives out several long ... plants and large fruit . A pal- atable jam , wine and vinegar are pre- pared from strawberries ; and they are ...
... plant belongs to the natural family rosaceæ , to- gether with the rose and raspberry . The root gives out several long ... plants and large fruit . A pal- atable jam , wine and vinegar are pre- pared from strawberries ; and they are ...
Pàgina 33
... plants . It is afforded especially by the sugar - cane , the maple , and the beet . When the cane is ripe , it is cut down , and crushed be- tween iron cylinders , moved by the steam- engine , water , or animal strength . The juice is ...
... plants . It is afforded especially by the sugar - cane , the maple , and the beet . When the cane is ripe , it is cut down , and crushed be- tween iron cylinders , moved by the steam- engine , water , or animal strength . The juice is ...
Pàgina 35
... plants and scum- mings from the boiling house , improve in- finitely more than at any other period of the year . The sugar - cane is now cultivat- ed in all the warm parts of the globe . In the U. States it flowers , but does not ripen ...
... plants and scum- mings from the boiling house , improve in- finitely more than at any other period of the year . The sugar - cane is now cultivat- ed in all the warm parts of the globe . In the U. States it flowers , but does not ripen ...
Pàgina 53
... plants . Its taste is acid , hot and bitter . It does not change the color of litmus paper ; specific gravi- ty 1.67 . When dropped into water , it is decomposed , sulphur being evolved . It is composed of sulphur 2 and chlorine 4.672 ...
... plants . Its taste is acid , hot and bitter . It does not change the color of litmus paper ; specific gravi- ty 1.67 . When dropped into water , it is decomposed , sulphur being evolved . It is composed of sulphur 2 and chlorine 4.672 ...
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